Casing for electrical fittings



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ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 29, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM I. MESCHENMOSER, OI MOBEB, EXEGUTRIX 0F SAID NEW 13031, NEWYORK; JULIA JEANETTE MESCHEN- WILLIAM F. MESCEENMOSER, DECEASED,ASSIGNOR TO RUSSELL &; STOLL COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATIONOF NEW YORK.

CASING FOR ELECTRICAL FITTINGS.

Application filed. February 24, 1925. Serial No. 11,039.

This invention relates to casings adapted to hold an electrical fittingand which'may be detachably connected to a floor outlet or pipe intowhich the wire main leads.

The principal object of the invention is the production of erasing ofthe above character which shall be of simple construction and which shahfirmly-support and protect the fitting without danger ofshortcircuiting.

@ther objects and advantages of the invention will appear from theaccompanying description, the invention consisting in the 'novel casinghereinafter more particularly described and then specified in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating a practical embodiment of theinvention:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the invention showing it connected to afloor outlet.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device showing it supporting theelectrical fitting.

llig. 3 is a side elevation of the casing.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken therethrough showing the fitting inelevation.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken through the casing.

Referring in detail to the several figures oi the drawing:

1 indicates the hollow body of the casing which tapers inwardly at itslower end as indicated to form an interiorly screwthreaded nipple 2adapted to be screwed on a floor outlet or pipe 3 into which a wire mainleads. The body 1 is provided with an open upper portion or top asindicated and is curved'downwardly at opposite sides as at at to formthe lower semi-circular walls of round openings, the upper semi-circularwall of which constitutes acover plate 5 adapted to seat on the upperedge of the body and to be detachably secured to said body by screws 6passing through the wall or the body and through screw-threaded openingsin cars 7 which are integral with the cover plate.

8 indicates the insulating body of acylindrically-shaped electricalfitting provided with flanges 9 at either end thereof and with openingsor slots 10 in its end walls .moval or" the fitting throu adapted toreceive the jacks of a detachable plug whereby electrical connection maybe made with said fitting from either end thereof. 'lhe body of thefitting is also provided with a downwardly depending extension 11preferably integral therewith which is provided with or carries theusual binding posts 12' whereby connection may be made with the wiremain leads which are brought upwardly through the pipe 3, nipple 2 andinto the body 1. l also prefer to provide an insulating sleeve or lining13 fitting snugly within the body 1 to obviate any possibility ofshort-circuiting.

For mounting the fitting in position in the casing the cover plate 5 isremoved and the body of the fitting is seated on the semicircular wall lafter which the cover plate 1s again secured to the bod of the casing.When in this position the binding posts extend downwardly in the hollowbody and no parts of the fitting are exposed to view excepting the endwalls thereof. lhe flanges 9 also act as stops to prevent longitudinalmovement of the fitting in the openings formed by semi-circular wall 4and the semi-circular cover plate and to prevent regh said openingswithout first removing the cover plate.

What I claim as my invention is 1. in combination with an electricalfitting having a body with binding posts extending downwardly therefromand provided with end Walls each having openings therein for receivingthe jacks of a plug, oi

a casing for receiving and holding said fitting, said casing comprisinga hollow body 1part and a detachable cover, said casing aving annularopenings receiving and supporting the body out the fitting with the endsthereof only exposed to view and the hinding'posts extending into thebody of the easing, said detachable cover engaging said fitting forholding the latter in said body part and cover and having portionsforming parts of the walls of said annular Openings.

2. In combination with an electrical fitting of the cylindrical typewhich is provided with end flanges and with openings in the end wallsthereof for receiving the with said body, said casing embodying a jacksot' a plug, of a casing comprising a, removable cover plate permittingremoval of 10' hollow body connected to a conduit and havsaid fittingtherefrom.

ing a pair of openings receiving and sup- Signed at New York, in thecounty of porting the fitting with said flanges outside New York andState of New York this 21st of said body and acting to prevent longidayof February, A. D. 1925. tudinal movement of the fitting through saidopenings in either direction by engagement WILLIAM F. MESCHENMOSER.

